JAMES CAMPION’S REALITY CHECK James Campion July 1, 2020 Columns, Goings-On, Reality Check William Barr's criminal syndicate is illustrative of systemic anarchy in what are likely the final days of Trump. The Justice Department is a sinkhole of criminal activity and another miserable stain on... Read More...
REALITY CHECK: GET OUT THERE AND SAVE THE DAY, AMERICA. James Campion May 18, 2020 Columns, Reality Check It's time for Americans to risk their lives for the good ol' U.S.A. Hey, America! Here’s how it works now. You need to get back out there and save the economy. If you get sick and die, well… it happens.... Read More...
REALITY CHECK: STATES’ RIGHTS REVERSAL IN THE AGE OF MADNESS James Campion April 20, 2020 Features, Interviews A Dangerous National Leadership Vacuum Pushes Us Through the Political Looking Glass In the mid-eighties, during the last true wave of modern conservatism, it was difficult to imagine a time, some thirty-pl... Read More...
REALITY CHECK: TRUMP IS FAILING LATEST CRISIS TEST, JUST AS HE’S FAILED TIME & TIME AGAIN James Campion April 15, 2020 Columns, Reality Check 1 “I alone can fix it.” Donald J. Trump on the 2016 campaign trail The most pressing national crisis since the 2008 economic collapse and maybe even the 9/11 tragedy and we have a game show host in charge.... Read More...
Reality Check—Coronavirus: Donald Trump’s Katrina James Campion March 24, 2020 Columns, Reality Check Stop me if you heard this before: Unpopular Republican president that citizens generally view as incompetent is confronted with a crisis and bungles it… badly. Yeah, 2005, August, George W. Bush. Hurricane Kat... Read More...
Reality Check– THE LAZARUS WEEK: Joe Biden Rises from Political Oblivion to Become Democratic Front Runner in One Insane Week James Campion March 10, 2020 Reality Check What transpired on Super Tuesday 2020 is by far the most stunning political comeback I have ever witnessed. Former Vice President Joe Biden nearly swept through the fourteen states like a firestorm, many of... Read More...
Reality Check–Reader Responses James Campion March 3, 2020 Reality Check I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you again to all the people who reached out to send condolences and kind words about my late father, James Vincent Campion, who died last October. When I began wr... Read More...
Reality Check–FASCISM 101: The Swift Erosion of Democracy in Living Color James Campion February 24, 2020 Reality Check “Fascism is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultra-nationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and of the economy.” —Wikipedia ... Read More...
Reality Check–THE BERNIE PROBLEM? Democratic Primaries Kick Off with Chaos & Fear James Campion February 18, 2020 Reality Check The shit show that is the Iowa Caucuses draped a pall of calamity on the start of the 2020 election season. After three years of a mentally-challenged racist goofball in the White House, sixty-percent of the n... Read More...
Reality Check–THE GHOSTS OF HATE & FREEDOM: In Praise of Jojo Rabbit, The Best Film I Have Seen in a Decade James Campion February 10, 2020 Columns, Reality Check “We have to dance to show God we are grateful for being alive.” The power of satire, when done fearlessly, unapologetically, and with a sense of artistic duty laid out through the centuries by such masters ... Read More...
